Oranje also beat Switzerland and finish Pool A with 46‑8
The Netherlands won the last match of Pool A 46‑8 against Switzerland. At half-time it was already 25‑4. Oranje were already sure of a place in the top eight; in Prostějov it was only about goal difference.
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14‑0 before Switzerland score
Wouter Wildschut opened the scoring after sixteen seconds and the Netherlands pulled away immediately. At 14‑0, after just over twelve minutes, Carra Tillon scored the first Swiss goal; Rainier Gfeller followed within half a minute to make it 14‑2. The Swiss supporters celebrated their goals exuberantly.
The Netherlands, the world number one, and Switzerland, the number 24, had never played each other before. Switzerland were already in the bottom eight, the Netherlands, as group winners, in the top eight.
Final quarter 14‑2
The third quarter went 7‑2 to the Netherlands, 32‑6, and the final quarter 14‑2. Switzerland took a time-out in that final quarter. Pelle Drijver and Samuel Malkin scored twice for Switzerland, Tillon, Rainier Gfeller, Ben de Boeck and Laurence Gfeller once.
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Ran Faber was top scorer with eight goals, Wildschut scored seven and Danielle Boadi six. Nikki Boerhout and Alwin Out each scored four times. Fourteen Nederlanders scored; Bo Oppe scored his goal at 40‑6, after which every Dutch player had scored. The Netherlands missed a penalty in the second quarter, by Nikki Boerhout; Switzerland missed one in the final quarter, by Aaliyah Gfeller.
Hoek and Van Wijngaarden scored three, Jorien Jordaan, Annelie de Korte, Rosalie Peet and Sabine Verhoef two.
Brett Zuijdwegt, who scored once, told Team NL Korfbal afterwards that the goal was again at least 45 goals, and that the Netherlands also wanted to let the opponent play more, "so that we can then attack more as well". "We are just getting ready to go to the semi-final and the final", she said.
Results Korfball EC 2026 · Group A, speelronde 3
| # | Club | Pld | W | G | V | For | Against | DS | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 18 | +113 | 9 |
| 2 | Catalonia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 68 | −18 | 6 |
| 3 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 69 | −33 | 3 |
| 4 | Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 90 | −62 | 0 |
Rest day and Tuesday
Monday is a rest day. On Tuesday at 19:15 the Netherlands play the number two of Pool D.